There are no official zip code areas in Germany. Zip codes are related only to streets but the first two digits of their zip codes are organized into 95 regions that cover Germany. Germany Two-Digit Zip Code Regions (PLZgrenzen) represent these 95 areas.

Purpose:

Germany Two-Digit Zip Code Regions (PLZgrenzen) provides the 95 regions of Germany that each encloses all streets with the same first two digits of their zip codes.

Supplemental_Information: Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:100,000.

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There are no official zip code areas in Germany. Zip codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ) are only related to streets. To build the areas called regions, ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH digitized from topographic maps using community boundaries where possible, digitized from street lines inside cities and communities containing several zip codes, and used free interpretation.

Process_Date: 20001231

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The following steps were performed by ESRI: Downloaded data set from the ESRI FTP site. Converted an attribute from number to string and renamed it to Region. Added Zone attribute. Reordered the attributes. Created ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr). Created ArcView legend file (.avl), ArcGIS™ layer file (.lyr) file, projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: ESRI PLZgrenzen 2001

Process_Date: 20020826

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 95

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude_Resolution: 0.000000

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984

Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: plzzip2

Entity_Type_Definition:

The polygons represent Germany divided into 95 regions based on the first two digits of street-based zip codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ).

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REGION

Attribute_Definition: The region code.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Derived from Zip Codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ)

Codeset_Source: Deutsche Post AG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZONE

Attribute_Definition: The zone code.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Codeset_Domain:

Codeset_Name: Derived from Zip Codes (Postleitzahl, PLZ)

Codeset_Source: Deutsche Post AG

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 380 New York Street

City: Redlands

State_or_Province: California

Postal_Code: 92373-8100

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 800-447-9778

Contact_Instructions:

In the United States, contact the ESRI Telesales staff at 800-447-9778 for more information about our software and data.
Outside the United States, please direct all inquiries to your local ESRI International Distributor. This information can be found at <http://gis.esri.com/intldist/contactint.cfm>.

Resource_Description: Offline Data

Distribution_Liability: See use constraints.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Format_Specification:

The SHP file contains the geospatial data. The SHX file contains the index of the geospatial data. The DBF file contains the attribute data in dBASE® format. The PRJ file contains the coordinate system information (optional). The AVL file contains the legend information (optional). The SBN and SBX files contain the spatial index of the geospatial data (optional). The XML file (*.shp.xml) contains the metadata describing the data set (optional).

File_Decompression_Technique: no compression applied

Transfer_Size: 2.870

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Offline_Option:

Offline_Media: CD–ROM or DVD–ROM

Recording_Capacity:

Recording_Density: 650

Recording_Density_Units: MB (megabytes)

Recording_Format: ISO 9660

Fees: Software purchase price

Ordering_Instructions: ESRI Data & Maps is available only as part of ESRI® software.

Technical_Prerequisites:

To use this data requires software that supports ArcView® GIS shapefiles.